Sri Lanka News Papers – News Headlines from Colombo

The Thai female tourist who walked half-naked through the Arugam Bay tourist zone was sentenced to one-and-a-half month’s jail term suspended for five years by Potuvil Magistrate A.L.M. Hilmy.

By Huzefa Aliasger Dynastic politics which once dominated Sri Lankan politics as in other South Asian countries, is no longer

Former State Minister and Parliamentarian Sujeewa Senasinghe was today released on a surety bail of Rs. 200,000 by Fort Chief Magistrate Nilupuli Lankapura over a case involving the alleged illegal assembly of a luxury vehicle valued at approximately Rs. 100 million.

Someone had opened veteran actress Damayanthi Fonseka’s handbag while she was at the National Hospital, Colombo and stolen her cash, bank cards and national identity card.

Sri Lankan immigration authorities have raised alarm over the growing number of foreign nationals entering the country, especially on tourist visas and engaging in unauthorized businesses, particularly operating or working in spas, massage parlours, and suspected brothels, posing a serious concern for law enforcement and immigration control.

Gen Z, the generation born between 1997 and 2012, is in the habit of postponing child births due to economic barriers such as rising living costs and economic uncertainty looming over the country, eventually leading to the low birth rate, a top scholar said.

The Financial Consumer Relations Department of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) will launch the ‘Anti-Pyramid National Awareness Week’ from July 14 to July 18, 2025 under the

A Sri Lankan woman trying to smuggle in foreign cigarettes worth Rs.4.9 million concealed in her baggage was arrested by the Police at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning.